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PlantlingsPlus for Fall Harvests

PlantlingsPlus to the rescue for any of you who have forgotten to sow a crop of greens and cold-season crops for fall harvest. The Fall PlantlingsPlus Collection from Ferry-Morse is a line of 20 varieties of vegetables, herbs and ornamental flowers that are at least 4-6 inches tall when they arrive at your door. With ...

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A Very Special Raised Bed

A simple box for my son It is a simple box. The box has four sides - four boards - a few screws put in the right place and securely fastened. It is now a frame for a raised bed. It is like the many hundreds of other raised bed frames made throughout the world ...

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New Book for the First-Time Vegetable Gardener

If you’re one of the 20 million (give or take) Americans who took up gardening with the onset of the COVID-19 quarantines of 2020, you’ll be psyched for a vegetable gardening-focused book that is new for Spring 2021. The book is aptly entitled The First-Time Gardener: Growing Vegetables: All the know-how and encouragement you need ...

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Raised Bed Victory Garden Considerations

The National Garden Bureau’s four-part Victory Garden 2.0 series of blog posts has been my inspiration for my recent Just Veggies posting lately. In my last three Just Veggies posts I wrote about planning a modern Victory Garden, planting your Victory Garden and what to consider if all you have room for is a Victory ...

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Growing Food in Containers

Growing food in containers is simple and gaining popularity. Above all, vegetable gardening isn’t new or hard.  Follow my tips for an easy, calming and reliable way to provide healthy food for your family. This is victory gardening in new ways, for modern times. Growing Vegetables in Water. You're looking at a big fan of hydroponics. ...

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Stay Healthy In the Garden

Be safe and healthy in the garden this spring, friends. I say this because a few days ago I received the annual prepare-for-spring announcement from my community garden organizer. The subject line was “Gardening in the time of COVID-19.” It gave general information about the cancellation of a city-wide Gardeners’ Gathering due to the virus, ...

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